setting current axes in gui

I have used command axes(handles.axes1) I have using data of my exp. to plot graph using gui. It displays an error note as non-existent field axes1 whereas i have put axes1 in figure notation of gui. How does I resolve it? Please help, I have wasted a lot of time on this.

[Geoff Hayes]

nancy - please clarify what you mean by I have put axes1 in figure notation of gui. Are you using GUIDE to create your GUI and so have added an axes named (or tagged) as axes1. Also, please describe where you are calling the line

 axes(handles.axes1)

Are you doing this from a callback within the GUI or somewhere else?